1960 Cooper T53

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2006.

It's the 1960 Cooper T53 of Barry Cannell which the programme of the event says had a 2½ litre engine and appears to be the car that oldracingcars.com describes as 'the Jersey car'. The T63 was built by the Cooper Team with a 2,497cc 4-cylinder inline Coventry Climax FPF engine to contest the 1960 F1 season. Jack Brabham and Bruce McLaren drove the car that year, Brabham winning his second World Drivers' Championship and McLaren finishing in second place. Cooper (obviously) won the World Constructors' Championship.

 

Immediately behind the Cooper is the 1935 Riley Special of Tim Hopkinson and on the right in the background is Paul Mullins' 1936 ERA R7B.